Chapter 206 – For Elise

“I’ve made a complete porridge.”

There was not a single ounce of mercy in Elise’s violence. She is a kind and girlish Elise, but in the end she is a nun of the Holy Cross of Radiance who is merciless towards the infidels who walk the unholy path.

A lot of her blood splattered her.
After all, Elise is also not insane.

“I couldn’t help but hide the truth.”
“Well, that’s probably the case. How do you know if this bastard is going to play Gura?”
“Yes, you’re lying if you don’t get the same answer over and over again… It was tricky.”

The old man, who vomited blood from her, passed out her with her eyes closed.

He had to fully accept Elise’s anger and violence against her. He eagerly spewed out what he knew, but until he gave the same answer three times in a row, saying that he might be an asshole, he had to be beaten like crazy like a yellowish bitch who bit off Kim Seo-bang’s balls.

ㅡ Beep.

After finishing her interrogation, Elise opened the canteen I gave her, drank her water, took out a small notebook and pencil from her arms to her, and began writing down something in her.

“Wait a moment. I will record the interrogation.”
“Okay.”

What he found out while interrogating the old man who fell into magic was quite useful.

First of all, I found out the place of the meeting, and I was able to get a rough idea of ​​the island of eternal life. He said that Eternal Life was an obscure religion with a bizarre idea that people could live long and healthy lives without eating properly.

“It is said that you can live a healthy life without eating, and that you can become immortal by practicing asceticism… This is an absurd story. Judging from a theological point of view, this can be clearly called heresy.”
“Mmm, because people can’t live without food.”
“That’s right. A person cannot live without consuming something. Likewise, even if you practice, you cannot be reborn as an immortal being.”

After finishing her notes, Elise covered her notebook her.
You can’t be reborn as an immortal being… I can’t agree with that part.

“It is irrelevant to say that all doctrines that make wishes come true because they are not common sense, are all evil religions. This is proved by the long history of the idol war. I hope that the saints will always keep these things in mind .”

What is idol war?

“Don’t worry. I don’t believe in anything unrealistic.”
“Huh, in fact, it would be enough if the saints had a firm mindset.”

I threw down the wooden board covering the door and put the sprawling old man away in a corner. And a wooden board was placed on top of it to conceal the scene.

We decided not to care about old people anymore.
Not yet dead, but now it is entirely at the will of the old man.

“And after listening to the story, it seems that the situation is that it is a faith that worships a single god… But this part needs to be investigated properly.”

This is a fact that I first learned, but Elise explained that all religions that worship one God are illegal in most countries, and most religions also declare them as evil heretics and are killed.

I didn’t know, so I just nodded.
Is it because there are many gods?

Certainly, in a world overflowing with gods like this, it’s like, ‘Yeah, fuck it all. Your god is not a god, only our god is a real god.”

Unlike the earth, there is actually a divine being.

“It’s a doctrine that’s sure to sound appealing to those living in poverty… It’s not one or two things that are sleazy in many ways.”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a clear answer to that.
Even the old man didn’t seem to know everything.

He appeared to be an ordinary believer who just joined the meeting and received instruction as a group.

“Anyway, well done, Elise. Thanks to you, things are progressing.”
“I’m more than happy to hear that you’ve been helpful. Then I think it’d be good to visit the meeting place now.”

The meeting was said to be held tonight.

The place described by the old man seemed a bit far from here, but there seemed to be no difficulty in finding it because it had a distinctive part. A meeting is being held in the basement of a building deep in the back alley…

It’s a bit reluctant, but it’s okay if Elise is there.
She and I are divine friends.

Together, the synergistic effect can increase combat power.

“You still have some time left?”
“I see. About half a day seems to be left.”
“…Should we eat some rice?”
“Um, it doesn’t matter.”

Then I came out of the slums and entered a suitable restaurant. As much as this time, seeing that she dramatically emphasized that she would buy it, I wonder if it would be okay to get it and eat it at least once.

She sat down and ordered her menu her.

“If you join the rally, I think you will know the truth.”
“Yes, looking forward to the night.”

I can’t get this in time today.

When I go back, I think she will hear something from Winia, who is mad at the dog. But now I should worry about the world instead of worrying about myself. Because you don’t know what kind of evil the infiltrated cultists will do in the city.

I’ve been doing some looting as well.

“Elise. If they’re evil, are you going to smash them right away?”
“Since we don’t know the strength of the enemy, we don’t think we can judge it yet. Acting recklessly will only backfire… It will take a lot of preparation to wipe out the evil beings lurking in the city. “
“As expected, Divine Friend! I agree with you! Alright! Let’s work hard to purify the city!”
“As expected, you are a righteous man worthy of being followed by all people…!”

Elise said that she must be moved.

Good night.

With this momentum, beat all the cultists to death and loot everything they have. It would be perfect if he could correct the city’s justice and raise Elise’s performance of her.

An opportunity to legally loot.
With great risk comes great reward.

Today, let’s witness the truth of eternal life and measure its value. At least, just thinking about the wands or ceremonial daggers that could be obtained from the canal gave me great expectations.

Even after eating slowly, I had a little time left, so I took a walk outside.

“So, let’s go into the rally site and quietly watch what they do. As they say, it’s not something that can be solved in one day, and we don’t have any equipment right now.”
“Of course I will exercise caution.”
“Isn’t it? But from what I’ve seen, I think this will last a while.”
“A long time, do you mean?”

At those words, Elise asked back.

“Hmm? Do you have any plans?”

If it’s a simple joke, you can do it today or tomorrow, but more investigations will be needed to rob their leadership.

Suspicious people doing suspicious things are usually for money, so there is a high possibility that wealth is piled up. I had to track his whereabouts.

“No, it’s not like that. It’s just…”
“Just?”
“Because it’s been a long time…”
“Why long?”
“Oh, nothing. It’s about time. Let’s go back to the slums.”
“Well, yes.”

It was now time for the sun to set. According to the old man’s testimony, we went to the meeting place. Pass the large building, turn around the line of stalls, and go deeper. The more the sun fell, the more gloomy the surroundings became, and the poor, like stray dogs with their eyes shining in the dark, moved busily.

Turn around the curve and go through the alley.
People heading in the same direction from the middle joined them.

“Elysee. People are gathering. Are they all participants in the assembly?”
“…Yes. I think so too.”

I don’t think I need to find a way anymore.
Because the queue was long.

They just moved forward, tail to tail, with soulless eyes as if possessed. Elise and I jumped on the bandwagon and followed suit.

“This mo tep. This mo tep.”

From the middle, I also rolled my eyes as if possessed by something and shouted slogans pretending that I was being manipulated by an evil sorcerer.

“This mo tep. This mo tep.”
“Saints?”
“This mo-tep. This mo-tep. Elise, follow me too.”
“Ah, I see. Lee, Imhotep. Imote, ep.”

It’s just like Egypt back then.
After walking like that, our destination finally appeared.

“Imhotep. Auntie… Saints. Look over there.”
“…Yeah. I think it’s that one.”

It was a three-story building with ocher-colored earthen walls, and people were all going into it.

Even when the world was dark, an orange light emanated from the entrance, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the entrance to the basement of the building. The people entering it looked like… Moths jump into a campfire.

Would actually be similar.
Elise and I went down to the basement of the building while entrusting ourselves to the procession.

“…”

Quiet and serene.

Hanging torches burned orange, illuminating the ocher-colored walls, and rag-clad people just walked down the stairs, as if they were not interested in anything in the world.

After going down for a while, a hallway appeared. And at the end of it is the meeting place. I didn’t know anything else, but I couldn’t come to my senses because of the smell of money.

“…Elise. Keep your head down.”

Elise and I rolled our eyes again. It was because there were people who seemed to be guards at the end of the corridor. The robes they were wearing were very familiar.

A robe worn by cultists in the underground waterway.
I checked their faces, but I couldn’t see any tattoos.

My skin wasn’t even pale.

However, the extremely emaciated figure seemed to be a person who was starving for a week and was on the verge of starvation. Glazed eyes watched the people entering like an eternal watcher.

“…Imhotep, do you?”
“No. Quiet here.”

—Sue.

I got nervous and followed the person in front of me.
Fortunately, there was no restraint.

“…Whoa. It took ten years.”

The inside was wider than expected.

There was one platform, and people who had already entered were watching the platform in a state of being tightly packed. Elise and I took our seats in the middle. Then more people came in and the hall was full.

When I was in Krasheim a long time ago, I remembered going to the Brass Castle Angel Society sermon with Winia. It was the same back then

— Murmur.
— Murmur.

Standing on tiptoe and watching Elise try to cut her throat, the meeting participants started to stir. Have you finally started?

ㅡ Jerking and bucking.

“Stand, saint… I can’t see…!”
“I can’t even listen to it… Wait a minute.”

Pressing Elise’s head, a group of people in robes came up to the podium. They were all white-skinned, black-eyed, bald-headed bastards who looked evil at first glance. Except for the fact that he still had no tattoos, he looked no different from the guys in the canal.

The evil magic that Risha was talking about was referring to these guys.

Standing in front of the podium, they turned their heads left and right as if looking around the hall.

“…It is truly an honor to have so many believers come to visit us.”

And so he said.

ㅡShaaaaa…

It was an ominous tone, as if an evil energy was pouring out, and above all, his mouth looked black. It wasn’t that his teeth were rotten, but that he literally rinsed his mouth with tar.

—-Oh, oh…!
ㅡ oh oh oh !!!!!!!!!!
ㅡohhh!!!!
ㅡEternal Priestess! Eternal Priest!!!

Then the people let out gloomy cheers, as if they had heard a great speech. Elise looked up at me with a hard expression.

“Saints.”
“Let’s jump on the bandwagon. Wooooo!!!!”
“Yes, yes? Oh, oh oh. Oh, oh oh…!”

After cheering together for a long time, a monstrous speaker called ‘Eternal Priest’ raised his hand. The palms of his were also as white as snow.

ㅡ Static.

The poor people listened to the words again, and the fever subsided in an instant.

“Ah, then today I will give you the teachings of Eternal Life… First, I will bring in Susan, a believer who hoped to be baptized at the last meeting.”

He muttered something and mentioned baptism, and Elise, who was triggered by the words, tried to tiptoe even more violently. At the gesture of the speaker, someone appeared from behind the veil.

“Look at the figure of Susan, a follower. Now, she is no longer a follower, but a blessing with the same power of eternal life as us.”

It looked like a kind of grandmother, for it was a really vague-looking person who spoke so obscurely.

The withered old woman, yes. She resembled the monstrous security guard we saw earlier.